Why this ride
From Meseşenii de Jos it runs 119 km to Meseşenii de Jos; allow about 2 h 42 of riding. It goes by way of Porolissum, Tihău - Dealul Cucului and back through Porolissum. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei and Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 119 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 42
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei
Treznea is a small village that appears in Romanian history books for a bad reason. In August 1940, the Second Vienna Award, imposed by Germany and Italy, handed northern Transylvania to Hungary, and in the weeks that followed, Hungarian troops entered the area. On 9 September, in Treznea and the neighbouring village of Ip, dozens of Romanian civilians were killed in reprisals, and a memorial in Treznea recalls them. The territory returned to Romania in 1944, but the memory of those years still shapes local life.
Read the complete Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei is where the day begins. Next is Porolissum.
2. Porolissum
On a hill above the village of Moigrad, the Roman town of Porolissum guarded a key pass through the Meseș mountains, the gateway to Roman Dacia from the north-west. Founded as a military camp after the conquest in 106, it grew into a town of thousands, with a large fort, an amphitheatre, temples, baths and a customs post, and it became a municipium, a self-governing city, under the emperor Septimius Severus. The ruins are among the most impressive Roman remains in Romania, with a reconstructed fort gate, walls and parts of the town, and they are part of the frontier sites of Roman Dacia.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Porolissum comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
3. Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Dealul Cucului means cuckoo hill, and the name fits the place: a low, wooded rise above the village of Tihău, close to the town of Jibou in the Someș valley of Sălaj county, where in spring the cuckoo's call echoes across the meadows. The point belongs to the network of archaeological sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia in the northwest of the province, near the confluence of the Almaș and Someș rivers, a strategic spot where valleys meet and roads cross. As with many of these sites, there may be little to see on the surface, but the location makes sense once you look at the map.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Tihău - Dealul Cucului. Next is back through Porolissum.
4. back through Porolissum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Porolissum, late in the day. Next is Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei.
5. Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei to Porolissum
Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei → Porolissum is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Porolissum to Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Porolissum → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Dealul Cucului to back through Porolissum
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → back through Porolissum is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Porolissum to Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei
back through Porolissum → Treznea-Vârful Obârșiei is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.